It certainly sounds like Jack Burnham could benefit from the help he is likely to get considering this is the third time he has breached the drugs regulations.

When an announcement was made about the penalties issued to Durham as a result of their ECB bailout, I anticipated that they would write-off any possibility of being promoted in 2017 and would use the season to get into a position from which they can challenge for promotion in 2018. However, their chances of getting promoted don’t look good, as their finishing position of second-bottom in division two in 2017 would only have been upgraded to fourth-bottom (and 76 points shy of promotion) without their 48-point deduction, plus they have already lost some quality players this winter. I expect Warwickshire and Sussex to challenge Middlesex’s hopes of an instant return to division one, although we will have to see whether Durham will make it hard for us.

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